videoenctest Intel Core i7-4770K testing with a MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) v1.0 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048MB on Ubuntu 13.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Quick x264 test: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 640GB SAMSUNG HD642JJ + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 2000GB External HDD + 1000GB 10EACS External, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048MB (549/3304MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Gigabit + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.60, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 319.60, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.2-7ubuntu1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Quick x264 test . 198.30 |=====================================================